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Synthesis and Reactivity of a 1,8‐Bis(methylium)naphthalenediyl Dication
Author(s) -
Wang Huadong,
Gabbaï François P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200353011
Subject(s) - dication , reactivity (psychology) , chemistry , electron , reduction (mathematics) , molecule , computational chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , mathematics , medicine , alternative medicine , geometry , pathology , quantum mechanics
A voracious appetite for electrons is displayed by the 1,8‐bis(methylium)naphthalenediyl dication (see picture). Cooperative effects arising from the proximity of the methylium centers intensify the electron affinity of this molecule and make it very sensitive to reduction.